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Thomas Schranz
Founder of Rakun
San Francisco Bay Area
Overview
Thomas Schranz is a Co-founder & CTO at Rakun with a background in investing in various sectors such as Impact, Robotics, and AI. He has founded and led companies like Blossom IO Inc., showcasing expertise in product strategy and distributed team management.
Schranz has invested in companies like Onboardbase and FunnelFox, demonstrating a keen eye for promising startups at early stages and a strong commitment to supporting diverse founders in the tech industry.
Work Experience
Co-founder & CTO
2024 - Current
Angel Investor
2021
jetpack is a robotics company based in Berlin most recent product: 🐛 flatcat This fluffy little robot companion will do anything it wants to do. No remote, no app. flatcat reacts to touch instantaneously, playfully explores its environment, and develops individual preferences. "The creepiest robot I've ever seen" — Andrew Liszewski (Gizmodo) https://gizmodo.com/the-flatcat-cant-even-walk-but-its-instantly-the-creep-1846366550 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bWqo2P_viWA Now available on Kickstarter https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/bakiwi/flatcat
Partner
2016
Hackathons with Aliens, Zombies & Time Travel
Founder & CEO
2011
Lifting the world of mobile & web application development to the next level. https://www.blossom.co
The ideal collaboration tool for companies that ship early & often.
Technical Director
2010 - 2011
Development of social media campaigns for Red Bull, Jim Beam, DiTech and other well known brands on top of Facebook and Google App Engine using CoffeeScript and Backbone.js
Tutor
2008 - 2009
Worked on an automated specification/verification & testing system for programming challenges related to the class "Introduction to Programming with Java". Additionally I was mentoring and grading the performance of students who attended the class.
Software Engineer
2008 - 2009
Built version 2.0 of play.fm using symfony, doctrine & jQuery. I was mainly responsible for Database Design, Object Relational Mapping, Facebook Integration and Scaling of Realtime Notifications.
Conscript
2005 - 2006
Basic military training as conscript in the Austrian Armed Forces with focus on military logistics & infrastructure.